10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2022

Some, according to her, consider it a form of slavery; a 1982 book in my library, The Birdwatcher’s Companion cites “the sentimentalist element of the wildlife protection movement” as deeming falconry to be comparable to cockfighting.). She herself is a vegetarian, one of the sort that mourns even roadkill.

New Hampshire 234

New Hampshire Chickens Hunting Falcons 234

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2016

This past Saturday morning, 15 July, I was at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at 5:30 AM, heading out onto the East Pond in order to see shorebirds for high tide, which was going to occur at roughly 6:30 AM. With me were Seth Ausubel and Tom Preston and the three of us were eager to find something rare.

Vegetarian 100

Vegetarian Jamaica Wildlife Rights 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2018

When I resumed birding on my own in my late 20s in Queens, I always looked forward to seeing the several pairs of Ospreys nesting at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a sight made all the more welcome after I learned of their drastic decline in the 1950s and ’60s due to the use of the insecticide DDT, followed by a remarkable population recovery.

New York 100

New York Falcons Fish New Jersey 100